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package org.apache.bval.jsr303;

import javax.validation.ConstraintValidator;
import javax.validation.ConstraintValidatorFactory;
import javax.validation.ValidationException;


/**
 * Description: create constraint instances with the default / no-arg constructor <br/>
 */
public class DefaultConstraintValidatorFactory implements ConstraintValidatorFactory {

    /**
     * Instantiate a Constraint.
     *
     * @return Returns a new Constraint instance
     *         The ConstraintFactory is <b>not</b> responsible for calling Constraint#initialize
     */
    public <T extends ConstraintValidator<?, ?>> T getInstance(final Class<T> constraintClass)
    {
      // 2011-03-27 jw: Do not use PrivilegedAction.
      // Otherwise any user code would be executed with the privileges of this class.
      try
      {
        return constraintClass.newInstance();
      }
      catch (final Exception ex)
      {
        throw new ValidationException("Cannot instantiate : " + constraintClass, ex);
      }
    }
}